Naruto the knuckleheaded ninja that we all know and love is just starting his career as a ninja but the stakes are higher now. With his two girls Iris and Chaos growing up at a startling rate he must now handle their growing powers, and the mysterious demons that are after him and uncover the mystery behind Sōkyoku's mysterious past and origin. Watch Naruto progress through his live as an Ancient Evil born before the beginning of time stirs behind the scenes that threaten all of existence. Watch Naruto as he goes from being a Father to a Ninja.

I do not own anything from the Naruto Franchise, Heavens Lost Property, High School DxD, or any other Anime that I may borrow themes and ideas from.


Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto Franchise that belongs solely to Masashi Kishimoto; I do not own Heavens lost Property, High School DxD or any other Anime I borrow themes from. The only thing I claim is my OC's and original Story Plot.


Author's Note (A/N): Hey guys its here. It's finally here. The fight between Naruto and Haku is finally here. I'm so excited to be posting this and I truly hope you enjoy. I'll just let you guys get to the chapter. I'll speak more at the bottom.


Chapter 21

Frosty Leaf vs. Misty Mirror

He could see it clearly now. A truly beautiful construction made out of reflective ice that was like sparkling crystals. 21 Floating Crystal Ice Mirrors were situated in front of Naruto in a perfect dome with 5-foot-wide gaps in between each and every mirror. Twelve floated 3 feet off the ground in static unmoving statuesque manner with 8 floating above them angled towards the ground and 1 floating above the rest of them facing straight down to the ground forming a complete dome. Around the edges of the ice mirrors a thick layer of frost and ice built up and dripped down a few centimeters forming mini icicles. The rest of the mirrors themselves were crystal clear, flat, and smooth.

Being in the general area around it Naruto could feel that the air itself was at the very least 20 degrees cooler than any other place on the bridge. The mirrors were producing a lot of cold air and it was affecting the surrounding area. "Naru do you feel that?" Eva asked her lifelong partner. She felt comfortable and content being near so much ice but it was actually for a different reason.

"Yeah I feel it. Yōki… and a lot of it. This ice wasn't created by Ninjutsu. It was created by Yōjutsu. So Haku is actually not human. Looks like Chaos was right." Naruto mumbled back to himself as he looked inside the dome and he could see Sasuke was pretty beaten up and was on his last leg. He had at least over a dozen thin icicle needles sticking out of his body and even more scars, scratches, and tears in his clothes. From what he could see none of the needles were in vital life threatening areas like in certain parts of his neck or on his face for example. They were all in places to hamper movement and slow a person down.

'Is Haku toying with Sasuke because of a sadistic streak or is Haku holding back and doesn't want to hurt Sasuke?' Naruto questioned himself. He wasn't sure why Haku didn't just finish off Sasuke right now or before. Judging by Sasuke's injuries it was easy for Naruto to assume that Sasuke was overwhelmed by Haku's offence and the fake ANBU agent could have taken him out at any time.

"Winter Fairies are not the only Yōkai or Demons who can control ice." Eva chimed in. "Yeah now the only question to ask is what species is Haku? There are not that many books lying around that have information on supernatural beings." Naruto said as he started to circulate his chakra with Eva mixing in her Yōki to amplify the already existing Yōki in Naruto's chakra network that his body naturally produces as a side effect for being bonded to her for nearly a decade.

"We have to get Sasuke out of their somehow and…" Naruto started to say before he looked off to his right and he saw his classmates running up to him and he could see Iris and Chaos perfectly fine leading the way. Tazuna was with them as well and he was also safe as well. "Guys? What's going on?" He questioned. "Daddy are you ok?" Iris asked as she looked Naruto over with a quick glance with Naruto doing the same to both her and Chaos. He also glanced over everyone else and with is sharper eyes he could tell they were all fine.

"Yes sweetie I'm fine… having trouble with your hair?" Naruto observed with a small gentle smile cracking his face open. It was the first of its kind anyone other than Hinata has even seen from him. Blushing bright red in embarrassment Iris huffed indignantly. "Daddy that's not funny. You have to fix it for me." Iris retaliated with her cute pout/glare combo that always beats Naruto no matter how much he tries to defend against it. "I know, but now is not the time. Sasuke is stuck in there facing off against an enemy he can't beat. We have to help him." Naruto said as he took note of the fact that Haku noticed the group of Genin outside the dome.

"Hey Naruto don't think you'll be getting off scot free. You owe all of us an explanation for all of this crazy stuff that's been going on with you. And you definitely owe us two big explanations right here." Kiba voiced his opinion as he pointed to Iris and Chaos who were observing the dome of ice. Iris with a critical eye of observation and Chaos with a gaze of wonderment with a passive glance of analysis and observation.

Naruto looked Kiba straight in the eye and nodded to him with a serious face. He knew he owed Kiba and the others that much and he was ready to tell them. Just not here in the middle of a fight.

"Team Kurenai stay back. You won't be able to fight against this opponent." Naruto spoke up. At this time Sasuke was aware of Naruto's presence since he could see him in between the gaps in the mirrors. Haku was also aware that Naruto was there and he was keeping an eye out for his movements.

"What?! What's that supposed to mean Naruto?" Kiba barked as he glared daggers into Naruto's head. Sighing Naruto glanced at Kiba. Shino and Hinata were also listening in along with everyone else. "Team 8 is a tracking and neutralizing team. You specialize in tracking down an opponent and quickly subduing them but you keep them alive for the most part. Our opponent is an ANBU agent who basically specializes in the same thing you due. But he does it better and he has far more experience." Naruto explained while keeping an eye on Sasuke. Haku slowed down his assault on Sasuke since in reality he was curious to see what Naruto's move would be.

"You've got to be joking…" Kiba started to say but Shino cut him off. "Naruto is right on this. We lack the experience that our opponent has. We are at a disadvantage." The stoic boy said to his teammate. Seeing the look on Kiba's face Naruto spoke up. "Look Kiba Shino would be completely out of his element in this fight. His bugs would just freeze to death in seconds and he doesn't have a good Taijutsu base to fall back on." Naruto began his explanation. He was circulating his chakra for the coming confrontation that was about to happen. "My bugs however have been becoming resistant to such cold temperatures over the years." Shino slid that comment in while giving Naruto a look. Seeing the look Naruto looked away and continued. "Hinata is primarily a close range fighter being a Hyūga and her Ninjutsu won't work here. And as for you Kiba you are also a close range fighter with no long range attacks or elemental attacks to back you up. Not only that but you tend to move in a straight line and your attack patterns are noticeable and flashy. None of this will work on a person like that." Naruto explained.

Kiba's mouth opened and closed after hearing Naruto's explanation. Naruto noticed that Sasuke was still trying to melt the mirrors with his fire Ninjutsu. He was shooting off fireballs the size of desks but he and everyone else knew that Sasuke could make ones much bigger. Either he was conserving his chakra and stamina or he was actually starting to run out.

"Then what makes you think you can do better?" Kiba said after a moment of silence on his end. He was seriously contemplating what Naruto just told him. He could see the seriousness in Naruto's eyes and he knew now was not the time for them to be at each other's throats. Especially with one of their teammates in serious danger.

Naruto smiled a small smile. It was actually the first one he made directed at Kiba. Naruto held out his hand and a beautiful sword made out of ice formed in his hand. The temperature in the air dropped a few degrees just for being in the presence of the freezing ice which was creating little wisps of condensations on fog in the air just like Haku's mirrors.

"Oh." Kiba said lamely as he and everyone else stared at the sword in Naruto's hand. "Dude what can't you do?" Kiba whispered. Smiling Naruto held up his hands and a clone formed next to him after creating his crossed shaped hand sign."So we're supposed to sit back and do nothing?" Kiba said. He didn't like being left out of the action and certainly during something as important as this. Looking at him Naruto could see the determination in Kiba's eyes. "Ok how about this. Hinata can you be my eyes out here. Anything you can give me will be great. Shino attach some of your bugs to me. As soon as I can I'll get them on our opponent's body and you can drain them of their energy. Kiba when we get an opening you can smash into them and finish them off. How does that sound?" Naruto said as a second sword formed in his other hand.

"Sounds like a plan." Kiba approved with a grin. "What about us?" Fuki spoke up. Sakura also leaned in forward and was looking at Naruto intently. "I don't know much about your teammates and I know from personal experience that you are a close range fighter Fuki which puts you in the same boat as Hinata. I need someone to guard Tazuna and that's going to have to be you guys." Naruto explained quickly. Backing down Fuki simply gave Naruto a nod, but she was eyeing him carefully.

"Dada?" Chaos's small voice broke through the tense moment everyone was experiencing. Naruto could see that Chaos's eyes were their red color and her eyes were darting around tracking Haku's movements. "It's ok sweetie, you'll know the time to help me." Naruto said. Iris was quiet at this but she was getting pumped up.

"Let's go." Naruto said.

Taking off Naruto started to run around the outside by the mirrors. His clone went the other direction and Haku seeing this took his attention off of Sasuke who was panting. Slicing into the back of one of the mirrors Naruto's sword bounced off. 'That's some strong Yōki. I'll have to be careful.' Naruto noted. "Sasuke we're going to get you out, so sit tight ok!" Naruto called out into the dome. He could see his teammate was on one knee with several needles sticking out of his body immobilizing him.

Seeing Haku's attention focused on Naruto who was on the other side of the dome Iris tried to rush in but Haku saw her out the corner of his eye. In a flash of light Haku was in the mirror next to Iris who was almost over the threshold of the dome. With a powerful shove Haku forced Iris away from the dome. Back flipping Iris skidded to a stop a few yards away with a huff of agitation. 'Now's my chance.' Naruto thought. "Acceleration!" Taking a step forward Naruto was about to disappear in a burst of speed but the mirrors shined yet again.

"Yōjutsu: A Thousand Needles of Death!" True to its name a thousand needles made of ice was suddenly on a collision course with Naruto who was still in his forward momentum. Instead his clone stepped in front of him and with his Bo staff deflected all of the needles that were in striking distance. The staff and the clone's hands were a dizzying blur as the sound of ice braking was all that could be heard. Managing to stop himself, Naruto and his clone were still trapped outside and Sasuke was inside.

'If I can substitute with Naruto's clone then I can get out.' Sasuke thought to himself as he zeroed in on Naruto's clone which was holding a staff made out of ice. 'Ice? Since when can Naruto do that?' Sasuke questioned to himself. "I can't allow you to be in here Naruto. Unless you would happily surrender yourself." Haku offered. "Haku, I already know that it's you underneath that mask. I have no intention of surrendering. If anything you should be considering this option." Naruto retorted. Haku said his name first so that meant he could reveal the knowledge he had on him in return. It was also buying him time to charge up his Acceleration for a full burst. He planned on zipping in, grab Sasuke, and then zip out in a matter of seconds.

"Now you know that I can't do that either Naruto." Haku replied as he turned his attention to launch another barrage of needles at Naruto. Naruto started to deflect them and it was at that moment that Sasuke tried to substitute with his clone. However, disaster struck when Naruto's clone popped from getting hit by a stray ice needle.

"What?"


Everything stopped. Naruto was getting over a sense of vertigo and as he looked up he saw all 21 mirrors surrounding him. Looking over he saw a wide eyed Sasuke in the spot he previously thought he was in. "Daddy!" Iris yelled in shock and that brought time back into motion. Everyone was shocked to see what just happened and it took some of them a few seconds to realize the situation they were now in. "How?" Naruto thought in bewilderment until it caught up to him what just happened.

"Sasuke you didn't?" He whispered in shock. "Naruto that wasn't supposed to happen…" Sasuke started to say but he was cut off by Haku. "Well now this is a very interesting turn of events Naruto. You were my original target but since you didn't show up with the others I had to find an alternative. Now that you are trapped in here I'll make sure you won't interfere with the rest of the battle. You're too much of a wild card to be left alone." Haku stated but he carried no malice in his voice as he said this. He was just stating facts.

"We'll see about that Haku." Naruto said as he stood up. "Iris, heal Sasuke for me." Naruto called out. Now that Sasuke was outside of the barrier which was what Naruto originally wanted, he could now get the medical attention that he needed. As he looked into Sasuke's eyes he could see that they were strangely enough red with black tome around them. One in one of his eyes and two in the other. 'Did Sasuke awaken his Sharingan? This must be its beginning stage.' Naruto observed.

"But daddy?" Iris asked incredulously. Just by the look on her face you could tell she was not happy. Accident or not her father was now in serious trouble and the person who put him there now needs to be healed by her. She was not a fan of this idea, not in the least.

"Iris now is not the time for that ok. Just heal him for me." Naruto called out but he did give Iris a look and seeing that everyone noticed the girl back down. "Ok." Iris said in a subdued voice. "Thanks." Naruto said with a small smile which managed to get a small one to start to form on Iris's face. Racing over to Sasuke Kiba picked up the bruised Uchiha who had numerous needles sticking out of his body along with cuts and scrapes. Bringing him back to the others Kiba set the boy down in front of Iris who did have a small frown on her face but she pushed that aside to do as she was told.

"Sacred Fire." Iris whispered out. Her eyes turned a vibrant emerald green and a bright flame appeared in the palm of her hands. It was getting brighter and brighter before she placed her palm down of Sasuke's chest. Everyone there was holding their breath and Sakura was even going to stop Iris since it looked like Iris was going to burn Sasuke alive but then the strangest thing happened. The fire which was pure white at this point turned to a radiant pure gold that was absolutely stunning and beautiful to look at. The fire which was moving and flickering around wildly slowed down to a crawl like it was in slow motion. The needles sticking out of Sasuke's skin completely melted and disappeared and Sasuke's skin which was paler than normal regained some color in it and the many cuts and scrapes all over his body quickly disappeared without a trace.

"Amazing." Sakura whispered out in complete awe. Everyone else was sharing her thoughts on the matter. "Who are you?" Sasuke asked as he checked himself over. He felt were he knew some scratches were supposed to be but he only felt smooth skin. Iris looked up into the dome and saw her father now defending himself from Haku's assault every time he tried to make a break for one of the gaps in the mirrors.

Seeing this Iris pouted and turned away from Sasuke. She was not happy with the turn of events that just transpired. Naruto himself was in a bit of a spot of bother.


Haku was dangerously fast. He was not giving Naruto anytime to charge up his Acceleration Technique and that was preventing him from escaping Haku's Ice Mirrors.

"Wind Style: Gust Jutsu!" Naruto called out as he had his trusted ice staff in hand and he was controlling the air currents around him and deflecting Haku's ice needles. "Haku, how long do you and Zabuza intend to keep this up? There is no point to continuing this. You don't have to fight us." Naruto tried to reason with Haku.

"Naruto reasoning with me will not work. We have to do this. We don't have a choice." Haku replied back. "I know why Zabuza was forced to leave the Hidden Mist behind." Naruto chimed in as he held his staff in a defensive posture. Haku took a pause at this. Naruto's statement managed to catch Haku off guard. "You know nothing about Zabuza and I." Haku retorted as he sent several ice shards at Naruto who deflected them as they came. "But I do. Kakashi told me everything. How Zabuza used to be a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist, how Zabuza was also a powerful Jonin and an ANBU Black ops member. But that all changed when the Fourth Mizukage came into power and he started the Bloodline Purge. It sparked the Civil War that's going on in the Hidden Mist and Zabuza tried to assassinate the Mizukage but failed and he fled the village. Somewhere along the way in this story he obviously finds you." Naruto narrates as he busies himself with defecting any icicle shard Haku sends his way.

He was trying to get a reaction out of Haku. To see how this information would affect him. From what he's seen and able to theorize he came to the conclusion that Haku isn't evil or sadistic. He clearly has the skills and power to kill Sasuke immediately even without resorting to the use of his Ice Mirror's but he didn't and when he did he simply kept hitting Sasuke in non-vital spots to incapacitate him instead of outright killing him.

At this point Haku stopped his onslaught and took a pause. "It would seem you are rather well informed Naruto. But you still don't know anything about Zabuza and I." Haku pointed out. But Naruto noticed that he the young ANBU said this with a small hesitant pause in his voice. Haku also didn't know that Naruto received part of his information form Aspen. The man's extensive knowledge was a god send during the last few days.

"I know that you want to stop being chased. Trust me I know that feeling better than most." Naruto said in a smaller more sympathetic tone. His eyes softened quite noticeably as he looked into the mirror that Haku was currently reflecting off of. "Those Hunter Ninja are nothing more than nuisances, nothing more. Don't pretend to know me Naruto." Haku expressed as he sent a hail of Ice Senbon needles at Naruto who blocked them with little effort. "You're right, I don't know you. But I'd very much like to believe that the person I was talking to in that clearing was the true Haku. The Haku who didn't have to constantly look over his shoulder for assassins after his head. You were carefree that day and my gut is telling me that you're a good person. I'd very much like to trust my gut on this. I know I'm right." Naruto said in a warm tone as he looked at Haku who was only reflecting off of one mirror at the moment.

"Why are you so interested in me. We are enemies, why are you trying to persuade me for. You should have nothing more to gain other than getting me to let my guard down." Haku asked with a bewildered shake of his head. He was very confused by Naruto's actions but he would be lying if he said he was not thinking the blonde's words over. Naruto thought this over as well and a melancholy like smile formed on Naruto's face.

"To tell you the truth I'm not sure why I'm trying to talk to you either. I guess I got real tired of having to simply fight my enemies and either kill them or watch as they get away. Taking a life is never easy and it's weighed down on me for many years. I silently think to myself all the time that maybe if I could just talk to them things could go differently. Of course this won't work for everybody but I would like to give it a try. You're not evil Haku and we don't have to be enemies." Naruto explained as his shoulders sagged in visible relief. It was a metaphorical weight that was on his shoulders for quite some time.

"Your words are very touching Naruto but as long as Zabuza wishes to have the bridge builders head then I'm afraid that I'll have to stop all of you. I'm his tool to be used. Shinobi are nothing more than tools Naruto and the sooner you realize this the better off you'll be." Haku said as he held up his hand and several ice Senbon formed in them. Naruto frowned as he got into a defensive position.

"Yōjutsu: A Thousand Needles of Death!" Haku exclaimed as all of the mirrors glowed bright as his reflection took up all 21 mirrors and they sent down hundreds of needles. "I don't think Shinobi are nothing more than tools. I don't believe that for a second. I'll prove it to you." Naruto said as he stared down the incoming attack. 'I haven't used this technique in quite some time but it would seem that Haku wants to pick up the pace in the battle and if that's the case so will I.' Naruto reassured himself in a resolute and determined tone.

"Ice Style: Sticky Ball Jutsu!" Naruto called out as all over his body dozens of icicle needles started to grow out of his body at an alarming rate. 'Now for the second step.' Clapping his hands together Naruto built up his chakra. "Ice Style: Spike Cannon Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he released the numerous icicle spears all over his body and they all shot of at impressive speeds and they intercepted many of the ice needles Haku was sending his way.

"Now! Acceleration!" Taking off in a mad dash Naruto was trying to make his way out of the dome but Haku was having none of it. Appearing in the mirror directly in front of him Haku had other ideas. "Yōjutsu: Ice Burn!" Haku leapt from the mirror he was in and tagged Naruto on his thigh before shooting off into another mirror in the dome. He did it so fast that even with Naruto's reaction time he could do nothing but watch in slow motion as Haku darted passed him. He however threw his hands out in a defensive posture as Haku sailed passed him.

Naruto tumbled to the ground in a heap as he slid to a stop near one of the mirrors. "AHHH!" Naruto cried out in pain. "Daddy!" Iris cried out worriedly as she saw what had happened. She tried to run towards the mirrors but a hail of ice needles deterred her form entering the dome. "I've had enough of this ice!" Iris growled out as she launched a fire ball directly at the mirror next to her and much to Haku's shock her fire started to melt the ice mirror. "Impossible!" Haku exclaimed as he had never encountered anything that could melt his ice. 'What is this burning sensation that I'm feeling. It's coming from this little girl. Is this Holy Magic? Is this what it feels like?' Haku thought to himself in a small bit of fear.

'What is this? This ice is cold even for me. What is going on?' Naruto groveled to himself as he managed to sit up on the ground. He was holding his thigh that was so cold right now that it actually felt like it was burning instead of going numb like he expected it to. Noticing him in pain Iris grew concerned. "Hold on I'm coming!" She called out as she attempted once more to cross into the dome. "Stay back!" Haku warned as his Yōki surged. He for the first time in his life he has encountered something that can melt his ice and the burning sensation he felt the second Iris spiked her energy was something he will never forget. At the moment his instincts took over and so did Iris's.

"Yōjutsu: Shattering Ice Spears!" Haku yelled as a massive ice spear formed from an ice mirror near Iris and tried to impale her. Iris's eyes widened along with everyone else's as the spear got within inches of her. "Iris!" Naruto began to yell as he willed his body to move. But as this was happening he felt a massive surge in his body and he grew shocked at what happened next. Iris's eyes glowed a mighty emerald green.

A Magic circle appeared in front of Iris and it was the riches shade of white and gold imaginable. It had 12 concentric rings and on each ring was ancient runes in gold. On every ring you would find many spheres and inside of those spheres you would see the symbols for many different kinds of elements. Many of which were unknown to all that looked at them. For every three rings however it would have small little spheres on them and inside those spheres you could see the symbols of Fire and Wind on them. On the center circle was a symbol of a mighty Phoenix.

"Phoenix Fire!" Out of the magic circle which was in front of Iris's mouth a torrent of pure white flames erupted and completely engulfed the large ice spear that was about to impale her. The spear of ice was completely melted in literal seconds and the flame thrower went on to melt an entire ice mirror on the opposite side of the dome with ease. The flame thrower kept going and melted a hole in the concrete of the bridge before dying off. Everyone felt the power in that attack. But more over none felt the effects of that attack more than Naruto and Haku. 'My god that hurts. Iris's power is burning my insides.' Naruto growled out in silent pain. His chakra coils were burning him at the moment but he did dulling note that whatever Haku had done to his thigh was cured now. More than that Naruto could feel the Yōki inside of his body as well as that of Eva's take a massive hit and its presence in their bodies greatly diminished.

'My body feels like it's on fire. What is this feeling? What on earth is that little girl?' Haku though as he held his chest in pain. It felt like he was in a sauna and he stayed in for hours. He was finding it quite hard to breath let alone stand. Looking around he was shocked to see that even though the flame thrower only hit one of his mirrors all the rest of them was showing signs of melting with the closest ones to the origin showing the most decay. Sweaty droplets of water were leaking off of all of the mirrors and a dense fog was settling in around the dome of ice because of the drastic and quite rapid change in temperature.

Iris's eyes started to roll into the back of her head and her body started to crumble. "Iris!" Naruto called out in fright. Jumping in Hinata grabbed Iris before she could hit the ground. "I got you sweetie." Hinata whispered to Iris as she caught the small girl. "Kiba!" Hinata called out. "Right! Let's go Akamaru! Fang Over Fang!" The Inuzuka Heir called out as he and his puppy started to spin at an incredible speed. Soon Kiba and Akamaru looked like grey drills and they both flew through the air towards the ice dome.

Haku could see what was happening and he was starting to become a little desperate. His entire body was burning him for just being in the presence of Iris after she released her power and right now he knew Kiba was going to force his way in with little resistance unless he did something.

"Yōjutsu: Shattering Ice Spears!" Haku shouted as dozens of thick large ice spears formed all around the inside and outside of the dome which Kiba saw and he was able to steer clear of impaling himself onto one but he did manage to shatter a few before he was forcibly bounced off.

"Yōjutsu: Rotating Demonic Mirrors!" Haku called out and his Ice Mirrors actually rotated so that the actual reflective mirror like surface was facing the outside of the dome where everyone was. "Yōjutsu: A Thousand Needles of Death!" Haku called out as he sent dozens of needles at the group of Genin.

Thinking quickly Hinata set Iris down gently on the ground behind her and quickly got in front of the group. "Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!" Hinata calls out and just like with what she did months back against Evangeline when she was on her rampage Hinata perfectly blocked the dozens of needles sent at her by shattering them with perfectly timed chakra burst from her fingers. However, Hinata couldn't get all of them and her jacket and body was hit with at least two dozen needles. Some landed in her legs which brought her to her knees. However, Hinata wasn't worried since she had just protected Iris's defenseless body from harm.

"Iris! Hinata!" Naruto exclaimed in worry as he saw Hinata take those shots for Iris. Now he was completely trapped inside the dome. The giant ice shards sticking out of the ground was surrounding the Ice Mirrors and there were only little gaps in between them. Far too small for Naruto or even a kunai to fit through. Luckily the burning sensation in his Chakra Network was calming down a bit. Iris's energy that was burning him was starting to heal him now.

"Do you hate me now? Is this enough to convince you that we Shinobi are nothing more than tools?" Haku asked as he too was starting to regain his bearings. Although he was not in the same shape as Naruto. His body wasn't healing him like Naruto's was. He still felt that tingling burning sensation all over his body. Haku then used quite a few techniques after that and surged his Yōki to fix the mirrors that were all melting due to Iris's power. Even his Ice shards that he just summoned to stop Kiba were showing some signs of melting.

At that moment Naruto really wanted to say yes. He could see Hinata and Iris through a small hole in the ice and a frown overcame his face especially as he looked at Iris but something was holding him back.


Flashback Begin

Haku smiled gently at Naruto. "Then you will become strong. I believe that when a person has something that they want to protect then they will unlock and achieve their true strength. A strength that will allow them to defeat anyone who would stand in their way of protecting the things they cared about." Haku stated with a lot of passion laced in with her words.

"Those are some very wise words Haku. I can easily see the truth in them. It's a really nice saying." Naruto complimented with a smile.

"Thank you. They are words I live by." Haku said with a small smile.

Flashback End


"No, that won't be enough Haku." Naruto said as he looked up at Haku with defiance in his eyes. He could almost feel Haku frowning behind his mask at that. "If I could describe myself as one thing then that would be stubborn." Naruto said with a smirk. He opened his hands and his swords made of ice formed in seconds. "Now this does not mean I'm just going to let you get away with hurting my family."

"Then I'm afraid you're just going to have to stop me Naruto." Haku said with his own defiance. "When this is all over you'll see that I'm right Haku." Naruto said as he took off in a quick Body Flicker. It was move he rarely used since he preferred his Acceleration since it felt natural to him but it got the job done. Naruto was now in front of the mirror Haku was in and he swung his swords around. "Ice Style: Icicle Impact Jutsu!" Slamming his swords into the mirror a large flower shaped shard exploded from the mirror rendering it unusable.

It was almost unnoticeable but Naruto saw Haku dart to another mirror. 'Is he starting to slow down? Before I wasn't even able to tell when he moved.' Naruto thought as he turned to see that all of the mirrors were lighting up again. 'Here he comes.' Hundreds of needles came out of the mirrors at Naruto how activated his cloak.

"Acceleration!" Taking off Naruto dodged as many attacks as he could while deflecting the rest. Naruto could feel the strain on his muscles from having to deflect so many ice needles especially from so many angles. 'There are too many. He's really pushing me to my limit. I can't dodge them all.'

"Naruto I won't let you escape. For as long as we have to we will continue to hunt Mr. Tazuna. He is our mission. Shinobi are tools. I am a tool. Zabuza has ambitions and as his tool I am determined to make sure they come true. Unfortunately, Mr. Tazuna stands in our way of are goal and for that he must die." Haku explained to Naruto with a clear amount of irritation in his voice. He wouldn't admit it but Naruto's clear dismissal of his claims were annoying him. He was convinced in his mind that Shinobi are tools but Naruto had a different opinion on the matter.

He wanted Naruto to hate him so that it would make his job of stopping him less painful. Haku didn't want anyone to know but he rather enjoyed his talk with Naruto in the clearing and he actual could say that he liked Naruto. That was the first time he had to engage a potential enemy is such a manner like espionage and part way through their conversation he honestly forgot that he was supposed to be spying on Naruto.

They had hit it off really well and Haku now felt some sadness at having to fight someone who he found was very nice and kind. Not to mention smart and funny. If things were different than he would be glad to have Naruto as a friend.

"Let's go Eva!" Naruto called out. "Right!" Eva was stockpiling as much Yōki as she possibly could. She could tell that this next round was going to be Jutsu heavy. "Ice Style: Ice Mirror Jutsu!" Naruto chanted as thin circular mirrors of ice formed all around him and blocked the needles Haku was sending his way. However, they were traveling so fast that they started to shatter his ice mirrors. "Ice Style: Icicle Shard Blast Jutsu!"

"Yōjutsu: Water Celebration!" Eva chanted as a large geyser of water surrounded Naruto blocking more needles as Naruto sent hundreds of ice shards back at Haku who returned with another barrage. "Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!" 14 clones of Naruto appeared around them with swords in their hands. "GO!" Naruto yelled as they took off.

"Kenjutsu: Arctic Blade Dance!"

"Kenjutsu: X – Scissor!"

"Ice Style: Icicle Impact Jutsu!"

All of the clones took off in random directions and started to smash into the closest Ice Mirror at random. Most cracked harshly but a few of them actually shattered. Haku was feeling himself become overwhelmed and so he destroyed the clones of Naruto in a massive surge of speed.

"Yōjutsu: Ice Burn!" Coming in from his blind side Haku tagged Naruto's leg which brought Naruto down to his knees. 'I'm running out of chakra. This is really taxing my reserves. I have to finish this.' Naruto thought as he grabbed his legs and froze it with his own ice which managed to solve the problem.

'I'm running out of Yōki I have to end this fast so that I can help Zabuza.' Haku thought to himself as he was huffing. There were only 7 Demonic mirrors left in Haku's dome. His large Ice shards were keeping the others out and Naruto in but it was obvious that it was starting to fail.

"Haku we can't keep this up. Just stop this. We can come to an agreement if money is the issue. You and Zabuza need funding in order to get back to the Hidden Mist. Let me help you." Naruto offered as he got up panting. He could feel the large drain on his chakra reserves and it was affecting him.

"There is nothing you can do that would help us Naruto and you should have no reason to aid us either." Haku surged his Yōki in defiance. "I will not let you stop us!" Haku yelled in defiance. "Yōjutsu: Hail Storm of Death!" Taking off at blistering speeds he started to rain down thousands of needles at Naruto who eyes started to glow an ethereal white.

"We'll see about that Haku. Acceleration!" Exploding into action Naruto started to weave in and out of the hail storm surrounding him. Shooting out of one of his mirrors Haku made a B-line straight for Naruto. "Yōjutsu: Ice Burn!" Coming in with ice surrounding his hands Haku tried to tag Naruto again but this time he was ready. "Wind Style: Hurricane Fist!"

Haku and Naruto met in the middle with a bang as their two techniques collided. They traded viscous high speed blows for a few seconds but Naruto took that moment to separate them. "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough Jutsu!" Blowing Haku away with a massive gust of wind Naruto felt Eva take over.

"Yōjutsu: Icicle Shard Blast!" Sending dozens of ice shards at Haku who bounced of a jagged piece of ice the boy managed to dodge Eva's attack at the last second. "I'm not done! Yōjutsu: Water Celebration!" Sending a powerful surge of water at Haku Eva and Naruto watched as he created an Ice Mirror in midair and let it take the attack head on. Haku jumped off of the mirror and flew into one of the few remaining mirrors he had left.

Shooting out of the mirror he came barreling in at Naruto with his speed not diminishing in the slightest. Haku was pushing his body way past its limits. Haku created thick claws of ice on his hands. "Yōjutsu: Ice Burn!" Trying to put Naruto down Haku was putting everything into these last few attacks.

"Kenjutsu: Arctic Blade Dance!" Naruto countered Haku's attack with one of his own. They traded vicious blows at such speeds that the ice around them started to vibrate and crack. Some time ago a section in the ice gave way and the others from the outside could witness the climactic battle taking place. However, the opening was not large enough for the other Genin to take advantage of the situation and further more Haku and Naruto were going so fast that if the other tried to intervene it would only end in a disaster.

'My god. Is this Naruto? Such power. I have never seen him like this before.' Sakura though to herself in absolute awe. She could not even follow have the moves they were making and the amount of techniques being thrown around was insane to her. Sakura has never witnessed a battle like this before and she was totally blown away.

'Where has Naruto gotten all this power from. Just how strong is he?' Sasuke seethed in morbid shock, awe, and a raw taint of jealousy. He was shocked and appalled that he got his teammate trapped inside the enemies Jutsu but that soon turned to shock and much more when he saw Naruto doing far better than he did.

'So this is Naruto's true power. Fascinating. My bugs have almost done their job.' Shino thought to himself as he was silently very much impressed by what his friend was capable of.

'Was the loser always capable of this. No way.' Kiba mulled to himself as his jaw was hanging open. He never knew his rival could do such amazing things. It was leaving a deep impression on him.

'He's grown so strong. Even I wouldn't be able to beat him at this point in time." Fuki thought to herself as she looked at the one person in their class she was secretly watching.

'Naruto, you look so free. Like a weight as been lifted from your shoulders. Despite what's going on you look so happy.' Hinata thought to herself as she could see it. A weight has been lifted from his shoulders. He had an intense look of concentration and determination on his face but there was no mistaking it. Naruto had no intention of hiding anything or being secretive. He was laying everything out on the table at the moment and he was giving it his all in this fight.

Hinata took this time to remove the needles Haku impaled her with. She was tending to Iris with Chaos help but the little girl's eyes were glued to the fight happening inside the dome and her eyes were red with strange symbols and concentric circles and moving lines. It would seem that Chaos had no problems keeping track of the fighting going on inside of the dome and the eerie smile on her face was growing bigger by the second.

'He's so close, Dada is going to do it.' Chaos thought to herself with absolute glee on her face. 'It's time.'

"You won't get in our way!" Haku rebuffed as he traded more blows with Naruto. "Haku by the time this all ends I'll show you that Shinobi are more than tools. You refuse my help but you don't even know what I was going to offer you. Once I've beaten you I'll force both you and Zabuza to listen to what I have to say."

"Then it would seem like you'll just have to kill me then!" Haku challenged! "I won't be killing anyone else today! We're all walking away from this." Naruto pushed back as he and Haku were cutting into each other with their attacks.

'He's getting faster. I will end this with everything I've got. I can feel it… my Yōki is draining. I need to finish this.' Haku strained as he surged the last of his Yōki and took off in at the fastest speed he could attain.

'I need more speed! I need to go faster! Faster! Faster!' Naruto forced his mind. He surged every bit of chakra into his Acceleration Cloak and he took off at blinding speeds from one corner of the dome with Haku doing the same.

They met in the middle and they were inches apart. 'This ends now!' Haku thought as he brought his hands forward with it covered in a thick claw of ice.

'Oh no I'm not fast enough.' Naruto panicked as his arm was moving an inch slower than Haku's. 'Girls.' Naruto closed his eyes at the very last second. Iris and Chaos flashed into his mind and suddenly Naruto felt a surge of energy from them that outclassed anything they had ever given him before.

Chaos's smile split her face and Iris stirred in Hinata's lap. 'Daddy.'

"DOUBLE ACCELERATION!" Naruto shouted and he disappeared in a violent chakra burst that literally caused a massive explosion of chakra. A searing shockwave exploded from Naruto's spot as it sent Haku flying and the entire ice dome along with every inch of ice in the area shattered from the shockwave.

"It's over! Acceleration Punch!" Throwing his fist forward Naruto slammed his fist into Haku's mask and sent him right through the last Ice mirror that was directly behind his back.

BOOM!


To be Continued...


Jutsu Library

1.) Yōjutsu: Crystal Ice Mirrors - An abominable and tremendous ability, it was passed down only within the Yuki clan. It is a technique wrapped up in many mysteries. It was said that no method in existence can defeat this technique. In an instant, multiple mirrors of ice are created around the enemy, reflecting nothing but Haku. The opponent is trapped in a dome of twenty-one floating mirrors made out of ice. Twelve remain at ground level, eight float above the first twelve and angled towards the ground, and the final mirror is above the rest and facing the ground. Once Haku has entered the mirrors, it's possible for him to move between the mirrors at exceedingly high speed levels. It's near impossible to follow attacks sent out from this incredible movement. As every mirror shows his reflection, one could say it's impossible to see all of Haku's attacks. Even if the opponent tries to attack the real body, Haku will have already moved to another mirror. Without eyes like the Sharingan, it will be impossible to keep track of him.

If the mirror Haku is in is broken, he can leap out of one of the fragments and continue his attack or move to another mirror. The technique requires a large amount of energy to maintain, so Haku's movement becomes progressively slower the longer he maintains the mirrors.

Haku can also form individual mirrors, not restricted to the twenty-one-mirror formation. He can create them high in the sky allowing him to take out airborne targets. The cold which emanates from the mirrors is also enough to cause snow to fall. Though they are made from ice, the mirrors are resistant to Fire Release techniques.

2.) Acceleration - A secret technique created by Naruto that allows him to move at hyper speeds. However, this is not a technique that can be copied or duplicated by any other person because of the unique way in which it works. By drawing on Iris's and Chaos's energy that is constantly circulating in his chakra network and then mixing it in with his and Eva's energy Naruto can create a cloak of various shades of blue with slivers of other colors such as orange and purple. While in this cloak Naruto can move at rapid speeds. The technique in its earlier stages tore up the ground underneath Naruto's feet both due to the fact that Naruto had little control over the move and because in order to move around he would have to discharge large amounts of chakra through his feet in order to reach his desired speed. Naruto thinks he can improve upon this technique more by increasing his speed. As of now he can only jump in a linear pattern and only one step at a time. He thinks that by adding an extra step he can increase not only his speed by the intervals in which he can use the technique. However, at this time he does not have the chakra capacity to improve this technique. As of now he only has one technique derived from Acceleration. On a side note the cloak does not provide Naruto with enhanced durability or any special factors other than hyper speed.

3.) Yōjutsu: A Thousand Needles of Death - Using this technique, Haku gathers some water from the air and surrounding environment into one thousand long needles. He then directs them to a specific target at high speed, leaping backwards before impact so he doesn't get caught in the crossfire. While the needles do surround a target from all sides, they don't appear above the target, creating an escape route.

4.) Sacred Fire - A move that is unique and a special ability of the Phoenix Goddess Sōkyoku. This unknown ability allows the Supreme Goddess of Life to create golden colored flames that is more unique and potent than her normal red hot fires. With these flames Sōkyoku is able to heal any injury no matter the severity and she is more that capable of bringing people who have died back to life with these flames. These flames have strong and potent side effects though. Anything that the flames engulf will not only be healed back to perfect health but they will also regress atomically back to a point in time when they were in their prime or at their very absolute peak. This aspect suggest that Time/Space abilities and aspects are involved in her flames as well. These affects are not limited to living organisms either. Anything that the flames touch including but not limited to by any stretch of the imagination are inanimate objects and nonliving things.

5.) Wind Style: Gust Jutsu - A low C - Rank Jutsu that creates a gust of wind that blows an opponent off their feet. The unique functionality of this technique however allows for the gust of wind to come from a multitude of places. Ex: Hands (Palms or Fist), Feet, Mouth, or through a weapon (Fan or other weapon that can generated air based on movement).

6.) Ice Style: Sticky Ball Jutsu - A move that Naruto uses that allows him to generate spears and icicles of ice out of his body directly from his Chakra Points. He can use it to impale anything that is constricting him or tying him down. It cannot shoot out of his body however. It is limited to just jutting out of his body.

7.) Ice Style: Spike Cannon Jutsu - A move that is the follow up successor to Ice Style: Sticky Ball Jutsu. Naruto can shoot out the icicles spears that he generates around his body either in an aimed targeted fashion or as a random 360 barrage.

8.) Yōjutsu: Ice Burn - A unique move that Haku employs that allows him to tag a person and cause an ice patch to form on their bodies. The ice is so cold that it renders the person immobile. However instead of turning the afflicted part of the body numb the ice instead sends searing hot jolts of pain throughout the victims body.

9.) Yōjutsu: Shattering Ice Spears - The user unleashes giant spikes made of ice, capable of piercing through wood and even metal.

10.) Phoenix Fire - The signature move of Sōkyoku the Phoenix Goddess. This technique is her go to move to usually start off and finish a fight. She builds up for her a small amount of Holy Magic and spits it out of her mouth in the form of a massive flamethrower. To others the build up of energy she releases is immense. The attack on her scale is small and the flamethrower itself is relatively small by her standards but the damage it causes is anything but. It can annihilate entire forested areas in an instant and carve gorges into the ground. The amount of Holy Magic in the attack is so much that it can instantly purify any tainted or evil presences within a certain radius of the attack. You wouldn't even have to be hit with the attack to be incinerated if you were a low level evil entity. She can also shoot this attack out of Magic Circles to focus the attack better or remotely shoot it from multiple angles or distances instead of shooting it out of her mouth.

11.) Fang Over Fang - The user and their ninken partner spin at a ferocious speed and deliver many powerful beast-like attacks when contact is made with the target. The force of this attack is strong enough to drill through stone. When this attack is done alone, it is called Passing Fang.

12.) Yōjutsu: Rotating Demonic Mirrors - A move that allows Haku to rotate and move his otherwise static Ice Mirror. The technique allows Haku to change the attribute of the mirror from static to non-static.

13.) Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms - A maneuver of the Gentle Fist fighting style. It is essentially a halved version of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, but seems to be no less effective. This technique is used to close off the flow of chakra through thirty-two chakra points of an opponent's chakra pathway system. This eliminates their ability to use chakra for quite some time and makes it difficult for them to move.

14.) Body Flicker - A high speed ninja technique that allows the user to travel at high speeds in micro burst. Usually the technique is accompanied by a special effect that masks the movement of the user.

15.) Ice Style: Icicle Impact Jutsu - A Jutsu that Naruto developed that allows him to slam into an area and create a massive construct of ice that breaks apart and cuts deeply into anything in the surrounding area with millions of little icicle shards. It is an area effect Jutsu that covers large distances.

16.) Ice Style: Ice Mirror Jutsu - A move that Naruto can use that allows him to create thin sheets of ice that are smooth and reflective. The technique is relatively weak and is used mostly for light defensive purposes only. He can create them easiest in the water but he has no problem creating them in midair or on dry land.

17.) Ice Style: Icicle Shard Blast Jutsu - A Jutsu that Naruto can use that allows him to mold his chakra into thin shards of ice that he can telekinetically control for a short period of time. Usually they form the ice shards above the targets head and then impale the opponent with them.

18.) Yōjutsu: Water Celebration - A Demonic technique that Eva created that allows her to rapidly form a large volume of water that is cerulean in color instead of the normal clear color water takes. It is thick and more heavier that normal water and it can blast through objects and break them a lot easier than normal water can. Eva can control this water at will and she can create large volumes of it.

19.) Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu - The Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu is the advanced version of the Jutsu and creates hundreds of clones instead of just the average number.

20.) Kenjutsu: Arctic Blade Dance - Naruto's own version of Shoko's Hazard Blade Dance. By using his twin swords made of ice Naruto reacts the same attack as Shoko but the difference is that crescent waves made of ice are launched from his swords with each swing and they will flash freeze anything they come in contact with.

21.) Kenjutsu: X – Scissor - A technique that Naruto created that allows Naruto to cut an opponent in an X formation leaving an x shaped scar across the user's body. For ease of use it works best when duel wielding.

22.) Yōjutsu: Hail Storm of Death - This is the upgraded version of Haku's signature move. With this Haku can launch 1000 needles from each of his mirrors unlike his normal technique that creates a total of 1000. With this enhanced version Haku can create up to 21,000 needles that he can launch at an opponent.

23.) Wind Style: Hurricane Fist - A low level Wind Style Jutsu that causes swirling winds to form around the user's fist. Although it is a Ninjutsu it is mostly used in Taijutsu combat to augment the users punching strength. The winds generated by the Jutsu are strong enough to launch opponents away and send them flying. The winds can also be concentrated in the user's hands to palm thrust opponents or to grip, catch, or push things away from the user.

24.) Wind Style: Great Breakthrough Jutsu - A technique that simply creates a ferocious gust of wind, whose scale and usage varies depending on the user. If used by a superior shinobi, it has enough destructive power to knock down a large tree. The wind from the squall can blow away all things in the user's line of sight. The technique can also be used in the form of a devastation stream of wind expelled from the user's mouth.

25.) Yōjutsu: Icicle Shard Blast - A C - Rank Ninjutsu that allows the user to mold his chakra into thin shards of ice that he can telekinetically control for a short period of time. Usually they form the ice shards above the targets head and then impale the opponent with them. However this is the Demonic version of the technique.

26.) Double Acceleration - The next level to Naruto's signature Acceleration Technique. This move is so strong that when it is used it unleashes a shockwave of pure chakra that can shatter and blow things in the immediate vicinity away. The move also blows away the opponent in which Naruto decides to use this move on. The level of speed Naruto attains with this is more than what a high level Jonin can produce using a Body Flicker. The explosive speed is immense and destructive.

27.) Acceleration Punch - The only known technique of Acceleration. By molding all of the chakra in the cloak to his fist Naruto can discharge a massive burst of both chakra and kinetic energy that can demolish at this point in time almost anything. However, at this attack can be canceled out by an attack of equal force of makeup.


Author's Note (A/N): I don't know about you guys but I think that was awesome. I really think I outdone myself in this fight. When writing this chapter I wanted their confrontation to be that of a clash. Hitting each other over and over again with attack after attack. Since they both have Ice powers I wanted it to come down to such a battle were it's Ice vs. Ice. I think I achieved that. For every attack that was thrown out their would be a counter attack not far behind. I felt like I captured that in this chapter. Let me know guys if you see it the same way.

I wanted Naruto to have even more of a reason to fight Haku but not only that I wanted Naruto to have a reason to not try to kill him but to just beat him. I wanted a certain level of personal attachment to be inserted into this fight and so that is what I tried to achieve.

Also Iris got in on the action a little bit much to the pain of both fighters. Her powers will be developed and explored as the story goes on. But it is quite obvious what happened to Naruto and Haku when she released her powers.

Finally Naruto has achieved the next level in his Acceleration Technique. It's explosive power helped in the final moments of the fight but what will happen next.

Next chapter: (The Deal for the Future)


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Published: 4/3/16